Breakfast cereal

Popular, quick, and simple breakfast options include cereal. However, if you eat cereal every day, the cereal you pick could have a big impact on how much sugar you consume.

Even breakfast cereals aimed at kids often include a lot of added sugar. Some come in small 34-gram (1.2-ounce) servings and have 12 grams, or 3 teaspoons, of sugar. In 2019, Action on Sugar and Action on Salt conducted a survey for the Food Foundation’s ‘Broken Plate Report’ finding that 49% of breakfast cereals with child-friendly packaging were high in sugar, 86% were high or medium in salt, and 48% were low in fiber. Consider choosing a cereal that is high in fiber and low in added sugar by reading the label. Better still, get up a little earlier and prepare a quick, nutritious breakfast that includes high-protein food, like eggs, as consuming protein for breakfast can help in weight loss.